Okie
noun/ˈəʊki/
/ˈəʊki/
(North American English, informal)- a person who moves from farm to farm looking for work. The original Okies were farmers who had to leave Oklahoma in the 1930s because dry weather had created the Dust Bowl.
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- (sometimes offensive) a person who lives in Oklahoma
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